Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on March 21, 2017 in a vote on HB 697:

Says if a Florida bill (HB 697) punishing sanctuary cities becomes law "it will be the only law of its kind in the nation."

By Allison Graves • March 30, 2017

Richard Corcoran
stated on March 17, 2017 in a Tiger Bay speech:

Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.

By Allison Graves • March 27, 2017

Hugh Hewitt
stated on March 26, 2017 in comments on "Meet the Press":

Obamacare "is in a death spiral."

By Allison Graves • March 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 in a post on Twitter:

"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"

By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017

Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House floor speech:

"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.

By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017

Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 in a news conference in the Capitol:

"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."

By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 4, 2017 in posts on the Internet:

"FBI issues Warrant For Obama’s Arrest After Confirming Illegal Trump Tower Wiretap."

By Allison Graves • March 13, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 12, 2017 in a segment on ABC's "This Week":

"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."

By Allison Graves • March 12, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 in his State of the State speech:

"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."

By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea. ... There are multiple news outlets that have reported" former President Barack Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump.

By Allison Graves • March 5, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress:

"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."

By Allison Graves • March 2, 2017

Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people."

By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017

Carl Bildt
stated on February 20, 2017 in a tweet:

There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."

By Allison Graves • February 22, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2017 in a campaign rally:

"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."

By Allison Graves • February 19, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 in a roundtable discussion:

"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."

By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

Says "72% of refugees admitted into U.S. (2/3 -2/11) during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN."

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Richard Corcoran
stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet:

"Spending more taxpayer money on VISIT FL (or less) has not demonstrated a direct impact on tourism."

By Allison Graves • February 9, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"This is longest that the nation has gone without a secretary of the Treasury, at least in modern times. If it's not the longest, it's darn close to it."

By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017

Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 25, 2017 in a segment on ABC's 'The View':

Says Barack Obama "didn’t do executive orders in the beginning."

By Allison Graves • January 26, 2017

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